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Scarce 17-Jewel Gold-Filled Hunter Case Waltham Ball Watch Co. Pocket Watch
Estimated price for orientation: 1 250 $
Category: Antique
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Description Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920 Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Brand: Waltham Country Made: USA Material: Yellow Gold Filled Model: Ball Watch Co. Closure: Full Hunter Serial Number: B134,017 Features: 12-hour Dial
Scarce 17-Jewel Waltham Ball Watch Co. 16-Size Gold-Filled Hunter Case Railroad Pocket Watch
Ohio/U.S.A.; Ball Watch Co.; Man’s; Serial # B134,017; CA 1903
CASE: The yellow gold-filled 16-size (45-49MM) No. 4,731,668 case has floral decorations and is signed “Philadelphia Watch Case Co.”
DIAL: This white porcelain single sunk dial features Arabic numerals, spade hands and signed “Official Railroad Standard – Ball Watch Co.”
MOVT: The 17-jewel lever-set No. B134,017 gilt adjusted movement has a lever escapement, ¾-plate layout and is signed “Ball Official Standard.”
CONDITIONS:
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 2 (The dial is in perfect condition)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)
R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: Two stars in the book! A scarce 17-jewel hunter case, 16-size Official R. R. Standard nickel movement, mint porcelain official R. R. Standard Ball dial. Very few Ball hunter cases produced. AI-177-21te Jewel Count
Jewels are used as bearings to reduce metal-to-metal contacts which produce friction and wear. They improve the performance and accuracy of the watch and materially proglong its usefulness. The materials used for making watch jewels are diamonds, sapphires, rubies and garnets. The diamond is the hardest but is seldom used except for cap jewels. The sapphire is the next hardness and is the most commonly used because of its fine texture. Garnets are softer than than sapphires and rubies. Stem-wind, Lever-Set Movements
Mandatory for all railroad watches after roughly 1908, this kind of pocket watch was set by opening the crystal and bezel and pulling out the setting-lever (most hunter cases have levers accessible without removing the crystal or bezel), which was generally found at either the 10 or 2 o'clock positions on open-faced watches, and at 5:00 on hunting cased watches. Once the lever was pulled out, the crown could be turned to set the time. The lever was then pushed back in and the crystal and bezel were closed over the dial again. This method of time setting on pocket watches was preferred by American and Canadian railroads, as lever setting watches make accidental time changes impossible. After 1908, lever setting was generally required for new watches entering service on American railroads. Lever Escapement
An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element (the "impulse action") and allows the number of its oscillations to be counted (the "locking action"). The impulse action transfers energy to the clock's timekeeping element (usually a pendulum or balance wheel) to replace the energy lost to friction during its cycle and keep the timekeeper oscillating. The escapement is driven by force from a coiled spring or a suspended weight, transmitted through the timepiece's gear train. Each swing of the pendulum or balance wheel releases a tooth of the escapement's escape wheel gear, allowing the clock's gear train to advance or "escape" by a fixed amount. This regular periodic advancement moves the clock's hands forward at a steady rate. At the same time the tooth gives the timekeeping element a push, before another tooth catches on the escapement's pallet, returning the escapement to its "locked" state. The sudden stopping of the escapement's tooth is what generates the characteristic "ticking" sound heard in operating mechanical clocks and watches. 3/4 Plate Layout
The 3/4 plate and the balance cock are flush and about 1/4 of a full plate is cut out to allow for the balance, thus the 3/4 plate.
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Description
| Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1920 | Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding |
| Brand: | Waltham | Country Made: | USA |
| Material: | Yellow Gold Filled | Model: | Ball Watch Co. |
| Closure: | Full Hunter | Serial Number: | B134,017 |
| Features: | 12-hour Dial |
Ohio/U.S.A.; Ball Watch Co.; Man’s; Serial # B134,017; CA 1903
CASE: The yellow gold-filled 16-size (45-49MM) No. 4,731,668 case has floral decorations and is signed “Philadelphia Watch Case Co.”
DIAL: This white porcelain single sunk dial features Arabic numerals, spade hands and signed “Official Railroad Standard – Ball Watch Co.”
MOVT: The 17-jewel lever-set No. B134,017 gilt adjusted movement has a lever escapement, ¾-plate layout and is signed “Ball Official Standard.”
CONDITIONS:
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 2 (The dial is in perfect condition)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)
R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: Two stars in the book! A scarce 17-jewel hunter case, 16-size Official R. R. Standard nickel movement, mint porcelain official R. R. Standard Ball dial. Very few Ball hunter cases produced. AI-177-21te Jewel Count
Jewels are used as bearings to reduce metal-to-metal contacts which produce friction and wear. They improve the performance and accuracy of the watch and materially proglong its usefulness. The materials used for making watch jewels are diamonds, sapphires, rubies and garnets. The diamond is the hardest but is seldom used except for cap jewels. The sapphire is the next hardness and is the most commonly used because of its fine texture. Garnets are softer than than sapphires and rubies. Stem-wind, Lever-Set Movements
Mandatory for all railroad watches after roughly 1908, this kind of pocket watch was set by opening the crystal and bezel and pulling out the setting-lever (most hunter cases have levers accessible without removing the crystal or bezel), which was generally found at either the 10 or 2 o'clock positions on open-faced watches, and at 5:00 on hunting cased watches. Once the lever was pulled out, the crown could be turned to set the time. The lever was then pushed back in and the crystal and bezel were closed over the dial again. This method of time setting on pocket watches was preferred by American and Canadian railroads, as lever setting watches make accidental time changes impossible. After 1908, lever setting was generally required for new watches entering service on American railroads. Lever Escapement
An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element (the "impulse action") and allows the number of its oscillations to be counted (the "locking action"). The impulse action transfers energy to the clock's timekeeping element (usually a pendulum or balance wheel) to replace the energy lost to friction during its cycle and keep the timekeeper oscillating. The escapement is driven by force from a coiled spring or a suspended weight, transmitted through the timepiece's gear train. Each swing of the pendulum or balance wheel releases a tooth of the escapement's escape wheel gear, allowing the clock's gear train to advance or "escape" by a fixed amount. This regular periodic advancement moves the clock's hands forward at a steady rate. At the same time the tooth gives the timekeeping element a push, before another tooth catches on the escapement's pallet, returning the escapement to its "locked" state. The sudden stopping of the escapement's tooth is what generates the characteristic "ticking" sound heard in operating mechanical clocks and watches. 3/4 Plate Layout
The 3/4 plate and the balance cock are flush and about 1/4 of a full plate is cut out to allow for the balance, thus the 3/4 plate.
CUSTOMER SERVICE: Phone 1-800-424-5353 Contact: Rick Gilbert Hours:9 - 5 EST, Monday - Friday Address: eAshland_net Sarasota Arts & Antique Center 640 South Washington Blvd, Suite 200 Sarasota, FL 34236 INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: